Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton
Background information
Born	William Archibald Paxton May 17, 1955 Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Died	February 25, 2017 (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of death	Post-heart surgery stroke
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, film director
Years active	1974-2017
Family information
Spouse	Kelly Rowan (1979-1980) Louise Newbury (1987-2017; his death)
Children	James and Lydia (both with Newbury)

William Archibald "Bill" Paxton was an American actor and film director who was best known for his roles in the films The Terminator, Weird Science, Aliens, Trespass, True Lies, Frank & Jesse, Apollo 13, Twister, Titanic, A Simple Plan, and Edge of Tomorrow.

For Disney, he played Morgan Earp in the 1993 Hollywood Pictures film Tombstone and Professor Gregory "Greg" O'Hara in the 1998 Disney action-adventure family film Mighty Joe Young. He also appeared in the 2003 Disney documentary film Ghosts of the Abyss. He played agent John Garrett in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Jack Belston in the 1993 Touchstone Pictures film Indian Summer and Tom House in the 2014 autobiographical film Million Dollar Arm. Paxton also directed the 2005 biographical drama The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Disney Roles

Professor Greg O'Hara
Mighty Joe Young

John Garrett/Deathlok
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Tom House
Million Dollar Arm

Gallery

Bill Paxton on set of filming The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Bill Paxton with his wife, Louise Newberry and their kids Lydia and James at the Season 5 premiere of HBO's Big Love in January 2011.

Bill Paxton and Brendan Fraser attending the premiere of History Channel's Texas Rising in May 2015.

Bill Paxton attending the 30th Anniversary celebration of Aliens during the 2016 San Diego Comic Con.

Trivia

• He was considered for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
• Paxton, Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, Rance Howard and Xander Berkeley have worked on Apollo 13 (1995).
• Paxton, Patrick Swayze, Adam Baldwin, Liam Neeson and Ben Stiller have worked on Next of Kin (1989).